Monsanto

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) The Trump administration has instructed companies not to warn customers about products that contain glyphosate, a move aimed at California as it fights one of the world's largest agriculture companies about the potentially cancer-causi…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) The Trump administration has instructed companies not to warn customers about products that contain glyphosate, a move aimed at California as it fights one of the world’s largest agriculture companies about the potentially cancer-causi…

By Jonathan Stempel and Ludwig Burger NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle claims in the United States related to the Roundup herbicide, mediator Ken Feinberg said, dismissing a report to that effect wh…

Monsanto operated a "fusion center" to monitor and discredit journalists and activists, and targeted a reporter who wrote a critical book on the company, documents reveal. The agrochemical corporation also investigated the singer Neil Young and wrote an inter…

Explosive new documents reveal the U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto ran a “fusion center” to surveil and discredit journalists and activists who criticized or wrote damning reports about Monsanto, as well as legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, who release…

German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer saw its shares soar on Friday after a report that the company offered to pay billions of dollars to settle legal disputes in the United States about the weedkiller Roundup. Bloomberg News earlier reported that…

REUTERS: Bayer AG has not proposed paying US$8 billion to settle all U.S. claims related to the Roundup herbicide, mediator Ken Feinberg said in an email on Friday. "Such a statement is pure fiction," Feinberg said. "Compensation has not even been discussed …

Headlines for August 9, 2019

Bayer has deployed its legal team for talks with former Roundup users’ lawyers, Blomberg reported, citing sources. The negotiations, currently ongoing in New York City, are reportedly aimed at resolving all current cases and any future cancer claims filed ove…

Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, according to people familiar with the negotiations. Though an agreement may not be imminent, if successful it would ease…